Puzzle 2007 — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Action, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adult game

October 29, 2007

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Manhunt 2 is a continuation of the scandalous action game with a third-person view and horror elements. During secret laboratory tests, a fatal mistake occurred...

Portal

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Science fiction

October 10, 2007

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 90/100

A first-person puzzle game set in the mysterious laboratories of Aperture Science. In Portal, the player solves physics-based puzzles and overcomes challenges by...

Silent Hill 3

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Survival

May 23, 2003

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

The game is a direct continuation of the first Silent Hill and tells about the already matured Heather, who finds herself in a heap of incredible events. In an...

Resident Evil 2 (1998)

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival horror

January 21, 1998

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This third-person survival horror game is set in Raccoon City during an outbreak of the T-virus, a mutagenic toxin developed for biological weapons. The player...

Silent Hill: 0rigins

Action, Shooter, Horror, Fighting, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival

November 6, 2007

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Silent Hill: 0rigins — The main character, trucker Travis Grady, while transporting another load across a deserted highway passing through the small town of...

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

June 20, 2003

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 60/100

An action-adventure with platforming and puzzle elements follows Lara Croft after she is accused of murdering her former mentor, Werner Von Croy, and forced to...

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

Action, Slasher, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

December 1, 2005

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person view, which is the third part of The Sands of Time series...

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

Simulation, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

September 15, 2005

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney — In the first case of the game, Phoenix Wright, under the watchful eye of Mia Fey, successfully defends his first client and...

Steam

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle

April 2, 2007

Players: 6.6/10

Steam is an arcade puzzle game with a third-person view. Tisha is a little girl who loves trains and always getting into trouble. Together with her, you will go on...

Penumbra: Overture - Episode 1

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Puzzle

March 30, 2007

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This first-person adventure horror game takes place in unsettling environments that the player explores while uncovering their secrets. Physics-based interactions...

Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time

Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Legend of Zelda

November 21, 1998

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 99/100

A fantasy adventure about young Link, who sets out to restore Hyrule after Ganondorf turns the land into a wasteland. To undo the consequences of his actions, Link...

Psychonauts

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Comedy, Adventure

April 19, 2005

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Psychonauts is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The plot follows a young special agent named Raz, who learns to use his...

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Slasher

November 11, 2003

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person fantasy action-adventure follows two vampires: Kain, an all-powerful demigod, and Raziel, a demonic angel of death. They travel through a world...

Arx Fatalis

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

June 28, 2002

Players: 9/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Arx Fatalis is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game will take you to the wonderful world of Arx, where the main character...

Legend of Zelda

Arcade, Top-down view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Legend of Zelda

February 21, 1986

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 84/100

An adventure game set in a fantasy world, where Link sets out to find the Triforce, defeat Ganon, and save Princess Zelda. He explores Hyrule, delves into dungeons...

Syberia 2

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

March 29, 2004

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Syberia 2 is a continuation of the exciting point and click adventure with a third-person view. The game will continue the story of Kate Walker, who went on a...

Paradise (2006)

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

April 21, 2006

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Paradise (2006) - an exciting point and click adventure with lots of puzzles from the creators of the Syberia series. The events of the game will take you to the...

Zuma Deluxe

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row), Arcade

December 8, 2003

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Zuma Deluxe is a fun logic puzzle game with match-3 elements and a top-down view. Simple and interesting gameplay awaits you. While controlling the frog, you need...

Orange Box

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Collection, Puzzle

October 10, 2007

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 94/100

Orange Box is a game collection from Valve Corporation, which includes: Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress...

Luxor 2

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Puzzle, Casual game

October 10, 2006

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Set among the pyramids of ancient Egypt, this arcade puzzle game spans 88 levels. The player controls a winged scarab, firing at approaching magical spheres and...

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Gothic

October 31, 2001

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This gothic fantasy action-adventure with puzzle elements continues the story of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. Raziel pursues Kain through different eras of...

Grim Fandango

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

October 1, 1998

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 94/100

Grim Fandango — the action takes place in the afterlife, where the dead complete their journey, arriving in the 9th world. When a person dies, he is taken in...

Prey 2006

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

July 11, 2006

Players: 8/10

Prey is an adventure shooter with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young mechanic, Tommy, from the Cherokee...

Okami

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

April 20, 2006

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Okami — atmospheric adventure action game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of the Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu...

Marvel Trading Card Game

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Turn-based, Card game, Comics

February 27, 2007

Metacritic: 62/100

Marvel Trading Card Game — Matches are divided into segmented turns during which players can take action. Each turn a player draws two cards to add to their...

Longest Journey

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cyberpunk, Point & Click

December 3, 1999

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Longest Journey is a stunning graphic adventure where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes. Begin an exciting...

PQ2: Practical Intelligence Quotient

Puzzle

June 18, 2007

Metacritic: 74/100

This puzzle game features more than 250 challenges and measures Practical Intelligence Quotient, or PQ. Scores are based on the number of moves and the speed of...

Return to Mysterious Island

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game

November 2, 2004

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Return to Mysterious Island is an adventure with elements of quests and mini-games about a young traveler who sailed alone around the world. The game will tell the...

Myst (1993)

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click

September 24, 1993

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 43/100

Myst (1993) — point and click adventure puzzle game. You are about to travel to an island world shrouded in mysteries, where every stone, every piece of...

Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

November 6, 2007

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 52/100

A first-person psychological horror adventure in the Lovecraftian tradition follows a murder investigation that draws a police detective into the occult and a world...

Ecco the Dolphin

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

July 30, 1993

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 53/100

This action-adventure with puzzles follows Ecco, a dolphin searching for his family after a strange whirlpool sweeps them from their home bay. He explores a vast...

Beowulf: The Game

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

November 13, 2007

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 49/100

Beowulf: The Game — Beowulf is the legendary warrior of the North, in one hand he has the strength of thirty people, nobility and cruelty can hardly coexist...

Enchanted Arms

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

August 29, 2006

Metacritic: 67/100

This fantasy role-playing game features turn-based combat and follows Atsuma, an enchanter-in-training caught up in a war that has been raging for a thousand years...

Peggle

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game

February 27, 2007

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Peggle is a fun side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. You have to shoot a limited number of balls at the walls and at the same time you need to hit the multi-colored...

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Puzzle, Comics

May 2, 2007

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 60/100

This third-person action game based on Marvel comics lets players freely explore New York City as Spider-Man, including its subways, sewers and villains’ lairs...

Cave Story

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Metroidvania

January 4, 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 89/100

This futuristic action-platformer combines shooting and puzzles with the story of an amnesiac boy who wakes in a dark cave. As he explores the world, he discovers a...

Aquaria

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Metroidvania, Indie, Exploration

December 7, 2007

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Aquaria is a metroidvania set in a vast underwater world filled with living creatures and ancient secrets. Naija, a solitary ocean dweller, searches for her family...

Honeycomb Beat

Puzzle

April 2, 2007

Metacritic: 61/100

Honeycomb Beat is a puzzle game with musical presentation, built around changing the colors of hexagonal tiles. Players click tiles to match their colors to the...

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

May 18, 2001

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person survival horror adventure follows supernatural detective Edward Carnby as he investigates a murder on Shadow Island. After his friend Charles...

Ecco: The Tides of Time

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle

August 26, 1994

This underwater action-adventure continues the story of Ecco the dolphin after the events of the first game in the series. As a new threat from the Vortex emerges...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2007